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Merwa Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Merwa is a medium size village located in Basti Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 64 families residing. The Merwa village has population of 334 of which 155 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 15.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merwa village is 1155 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Merwa as per census is 759, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Merwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Merwa village was 74.56 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Merwa Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 65.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Merwa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Merwa village.

Merwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 334 155 179
Child (0-6) 51 29 22
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.56 % 85.71 % 65.61 %
Total Workers 122 76 46
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 76 41 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.80 % of total population in Merwa village. The village Merwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merwa village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 37.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.